Cinematic Era: 1989 Vintage

Sepultura at Rockborgen, Fagersta, Sweden Primitive Future Inner Self Escape to the Void Sarcastic Existence Slaves of Pain Troops of Doom Lobotomy R.I.P. (Rest in Pain) Beneath the Remains

The life and work of Puerto Rican painter and print-maker Myrna Báez are explored in this documentary.

A grotesque picture of reality, dominated by disorder and irresponsibility. A convoy of workers transporting a transformer to the other end of Poland sets off on its journey. The entire operation has been poorly prepared. The transformer does not fit under one of the viaducts. The workers begin digging up the road surface. When, after a few hours, they overcome the obstacle, they are astonished to discover that a similar transformer is working on the other side of the viaduct.

In Friendly Witness, Sonbert returned, after 20 years, to sound. In the first section of the film, he deftly edits a swirling montage of images - suggestive of loves gained and love lost--to the tunes of four rock songs. Fred Camper said, "At times the words of the songs seem to relate directly to the images we see...; at other times words and images seem to be working almost at cross-purposes or relating only ironically. Similarly, at times the image rhythm and music rhythm appear to dance together, while at others they go their separate ways." -- Jon Gartenberg. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Estate Project for Artists with AIDS in 1998.

The first issue of the underground video magazine 'Videograf', founded in 1989 by Carl Weston and Colin Turner. Shot from inside graffiti culture, the series follows bombing, handstyles, from subways to the streets. This instalment features interviews with graffiti pioneer Phase 2, as well as New York City writers Sien 5, Visom, Priz-One, Nic One and "Style Wars" producer Henry Chalfant.

Film based on the lyrical tragedy of the same name by Jean Cocteau and Francis Poulenc, directed by Alain Françon at the Théâtre du Châtelet.

Ichioka Sanae's charming short animated piece.

A film poster advertises 100 years of cinema in 1995. When cracks open in the wall, typical characteristics of Charlie Chaplin spring out and combine themselves to make a portrait of the famous film artist.

A short drama film about a film director who is exploring the city for inspiration.

The Ivory Coast Rally, the 11th round in the 1989 World Championship series turned out to be a daunting affair with a stunning shock win! Leading contenders were Billy Rautenbach/John Mitchell (Toyota Supra Turbo), Jan Pierre van de Wauwer/Luc Manset (Toyota Corolla 16v), Gustavo Trelles/Daniel le Saux (Lancia Delta Integrale N), Patrick Tauziac/ Claude Papin (Mitsubishi Station turbo) and Alain Orielle/Gilles Thimonier (Renault 5 GT Turbo N). Of the seventy cars which set out, only seven completed the course! In view of the savage carnage inflicted on the cars it is even more remarkable that the eventual winning vehicle managed to finish at all!

The bear ushered in a bumper grain harvest year. When it happily spread out pancakes to celebrate, it was harassed by a group of mice. After some pursuit, the clumsy bear became defeated by the mice in frustration.

The beautiful Mrs. Moonscale appears in the detective agency of Sam Saltoni and asks him for help, because she is being blackmailed. Saltoni's partner takes over the case. The next morning he is dead.

Fondas is a Greek butcher and he puts his family honor before everything else.

An LGBT short film

A meditative film poem exploring the mystic's vision of the oneness of All and the possibility of a deeper, more profound reality through the use of camera, music, movement, color and light.

Take another trip through yesterday's Cincinnati, and its people, places, and events, which includes highlights of Cincinnati's Bicentennial Celebration.

A compilation of Duran Duran music videos from their album’s Notorious and Big Thing.

A circus travels through the neighborhoods of Córdoba. The purpose: to raise money to return to their province, Santa Fe.

A comprehensive documentation of new art movements from 1945 to the present day. Beginning with the "Internationale Situationniste," "Cobra," "Spur," and "Wiener Gruppe" groups in Europe, and moving on to the international Happening and Fluxus movements, including the Viennese Actionists, and from 1970 onward to international Body and Performance Art, which also encompassed media art—film and video—the documentary presents film and photographic material from these art movements.

Horst Deppe and his friend Michael Böhmke discover a gap in the market and open a funeral home based on the latest American market strategies. To raise capital, Michael has approached "the ugly duckling" Christine Barnewitz, daughter of the head of the association of funeral homes. Thanks to her, business is booming, with one new branch opening a week. Counter-actions by the head of the association, Friedrich Barnewitz, are successfully fended off. Michael, who is unscheduledly in love, tries to win over Christine, whose pride has been hurt. Father Barnewitz changes his strategy and tries to win over the young entrepreneurs. Reflective frame narrative in which the bit players in the film watch their appearances on television together.

Merab Saralidze short.

This conversation between critic Peter Thompson and Jane Campion took place in 1989, following the success of Campion's short films. It was produced for the Australian Film Television and Radio School, where she studied.

At the end of the 1980s, there were two boarding homes for children and young people with mental and physical disabilities in Estonia, Imastu and Karula, with 300 children in one, and 160 in the other. There are children of all ages here, very small and teenagers. There are those who speak and those who cannot. Who walk on their own, who crawl, who is forever chained to a bed. Most of them can only be alive. All these children long for love and care, they all deserve it. They exist, although for decades society did not want to see or hear them.

Jason is a photographer whose career has hit a really rough patch. He wants to make the transition from commercial photography to art photography. In the meantime, he is living and dreaming (and rapidly running out of money) on a houseboat. He has been hoping that he will be able to get grant money to pursue his dream, but time is running out. He meets a really beautiful woman, Amanda, and gets to photograph her and fall in love with her.

A film about the everyday life of workers at a Danish special ward during the AIDS epidemic.

The Nikolaikirche is the oldest building in Berlin. The reconstruction of this building in 1981 marked the beginning of the reconstruction of the historic heart of Berlin. The film shows the work on the Nikolaikirche, the Ephraim-Palais and the equestrian statue of St. George and describes how the restoration was carried out in painstaking detail, using almost forgotten craftsmanship. In 1987, the reconstructed quarter with its mixture of old and new was handed over to the people of Berlin.

Three chefs compete to create the perfect frog-based dish on St. Patrick's Day

Bold, upbeat, and powerful, this 28-minute video spotlights eleven suburban women, ranging in age from 25 to 67, who speak easily and frankly about their families, friends, and loves. Out in Suburbia is perfect for raising lesbian issues and consciousness for the first time.

Fragments from a would-be abecedarium: E IS FOR ELEVATOR, J IS FOR JUMP, K IS FOR KISSING, M IS FOR MAGGOT and S IS FOR STRANGER.

A portrait of pioneering Black woman trumpet player, Clora Bryant.

In this fable inspired by Altai folklore, a child's soul becomes a battleground for spirits from heaven and hell.

This film documents one day in the life of Angel station on the Northern Line of the London Underground in the days before its refurbishment. We see the ticket collectors, station manager and other staff as they cope with angry passengers, lift failures and cancelled trains.

Hong Kong Vampire Movie

An exploration of New York's cabbie subculture.

Filming of this documentary began in 1987 and ended in 1989. As archival materials and newsreels were inaccessible, the authors of the film appealed to the Holodomor witnesses through the press. Their stories became the basis of the documentary. Stalin’s supporters tried to prevent the authors from making the film, and it was forgotten for a long time. Only in 2005 the film 33rd. Witnesses’ Testimonies was re-filmed from the newsreels of 1989 version and the memoirs of Mykola Loktionov-Stezenko himself. At his anniversary party at the Cinema House on February 16, 2009, the author called this documentary a testimony to his personal tragedy: his parents died of the Holodomor of 1932–33. For the film 33rd. Witnesses’ Testimonies Mykola Loktionov-Stezenko was awarded the Order of Merit of the III degree.

Mexican feature film

The subject is women and their participation in politics, and this is used as a pretext for a humorous, provocative, female perspective on official (male) discourse and the almost nonexistent participation of women in Uruguayan politics.

The July Storms is a dilogy about the first mass protests in Soviet Ukraine in a long time. The parts of the dilogy, Strike and Outburst, are dedicated to two waves of miners' strikes in Donetsk, in 1989 and 1990, which were unprecedented in scale. Several hundred thousand miners took part in these historical strikes. The events themselves became a significant factor in the history of the collapse of the Soviet communist system. While recording the unfolding of the strike and the miners' speeches on the square in Donetsk, the film's creators also observe the miners' miserable living conditions and hard working conditions at the Lidiyevka mine.

Mexican feature film

A sequel to Mormon film He's Not My Companion shows missionaries innocently breaking mission rules to illustrate good and bad consequences.

Based on the Scottish folk ballad "Tam Lin".

Four images on a tape by Breda Beban and Hrvoje Horvatić are four arbitrarily chosen samples of the physical world or four micro-geographies: the fluid structure of a puddle disturbed by raindrops, features of a remarkable man’s face, a fish’s head and granite cubes. The duration of fixation at each of the inserts and their free order (by association) transcends the iconic dimension of the videoclip and call for meditation.

Ljuba and Bora are good students with non-existent sex lives, in contrast to their roommate Giovanni, who has no such troubles despite being an awful student and involved into petty crime. When Giovanni is drafted and his sister moves in with the other two, they see it as the end of their problem.

Melodrama originally released as two-part films, part one "Soul of Ruins"(废墟之魂) and part two "After the Storm" (暴风雨后).

Burlesque history, which summons various references to cinematographic genres, much in vogue in the 50s and 60s, such as comedy, horror film, police, war film, among others. Two detectives and a special agent try to solve a difficult case, but in the end they are "swallowed" by the intrigue itself.